JAKARTA – The more reliable electricity supply in some areas is, the more ready PT PLN (Persero) to support the economic growth of the area. One of the supports is the readiness of electricity supply for big-scale industries. The readiness was designated by the signing of MoU between PLN and some companies in Sulawesi, East Java, and West Java.
On Monday (6/8) in Central PLN Office, the President Director of PT PLN (Persero), Nur Pamudji signed the MoU with four big-scale companies invested in nickel ore processing and cement industry. Those four companies are:
PT Central Omega Resources Tbk, represented by the President Director, Kiki Hamidjaja: related to the electricity supply preparation for 220 MW to smelter in Sulawesi and/or in East Java;
PT Bukaka Teknik Utama, Tbk, represented by the President Director, Irsal Kamarudin: related to the electricity supply preparation for 90 MW to smelter di Palopo District, Sulawesi;
PT Bakti Bumi Sulawesi, represented by the President Director, Jos Yanto: related to the electricity supply preparation for 120 MW to smelter in Bantaeng District, South Sulawesi Province.
PT Semen Jawa, represented by the President Director, Nantapong Chantrakul: related to the electricity supply preparation for 2 x 45 MW to ment factory in Sukabumi-West Java.
The first three companies are private sectors enganged in investment for mining and processing especially nickel ore. They plan to build nickel ore smelter in Sulawesi and/or in East Java. The plan is that those smelters of the three companies will be served by special service, so it could guarantee the better supply reliability quality. The special service will be charged a special tariff that will be negotiated business to business and will be included in the Cooperation Agreement of Electricity Power Distribution (PKS).
Remembering the characteristic of a very specific smelter load, PLN will firstly assess the whole things related to the current electricity consumption in electricity system of Sulawesi and Java-Bali. PLN will also assess the effects of load consumption towards the reliability or electricity system quality in Sulawesi and East Java and also other technical matters.
The mushrooming of this nickel smelter industry is the effect of governmental policy that mineral may not be exported in form of raw mineral. PLN fully supports the smelter industry development both in Java-Bali and Sulawesi.
By the signing of the MoU together with big-scale industries, it shows that businessman and industries more believe the PLN capability to fulfill the electricity need with a higher service quality of the current PLN standard.
PLN’s commitment to supply electricity for these big-scale industries also shows that PLN is proactive to be able to prepare electricity in large capacity and high quality. Moreover for industries processing and purifying mining products in domestic, based on the mandate of Law Number 4 Year 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining and Minister of EMR Regulation Number 7 Year 2012 concerning the Prohibition of Raw Mining Material Export. So, PLN is able to fully support the growth of industry and business sector that will become the locomotive of Indonesian economic growth. (AK)
